We have an urgent moral duty, y'all, to build new systems and structures that put our health and environment first.

We need to move toward mandatory emissions reductions.

To put it simply: environmental racism is an issue that impacts not just one or two generations, right?

It took a long time to shut down the Detroit incinerator... it actually hurt communities.

Communities like mine have been waiting far too long for updated regulations, and no community can afford to wait any longer.

if there are block grants, if there are those pieces available, then how are we monitoring, how are we making sure that that money actually gets to folks who need it in the community?

we need our enforcing agencies to understand that they are working with vulnerable communities that often have high rates of asthma.

I really respect that he knows this is my district, and I will help lead this committee.

I remember in Southwest Detroit, thinking that smell was normal, honestly.

I want to acknowledge that there are a great number of environmental justice issues in Detroit.

Everyone deserves the right to breathe clean air.

Fifteen thousand was an arbitrary decided number, inadequate to pay for the foundation, the roofing, the windows, air filters, heating and cooling upgrades that residents need to be able to be safe in their homes.